Inspiring Christmas Garlands, Holiday Greenery, and Holiday Decor Delight awaits here. A peek at analytics reveals half of you collect ideas all year long while the other half appreciate when the bells start jingling December 1st. Divided. Imagine that. 🙂 Find oodles more ideas for Christmas on this board.
Holiday Decor Delight
Holiday Garlands & Christmas Greenery
Whether your thing is fresh evergreens, the everlasting variety, a mix, or citrus garlands, they look so classic and feel at home in both modern and traditional settings.
Christmas Color Stories Beyond Red
I praise designers and homeowners who decorate according to their own taste and tolerances.
While a traditional look is always homey and welcome, thank goodness there are no rules. We can mix the colors we love into traditional schemes or wild fresh ones. Aren’t orange and blue amazing together?
Pomanders (above) transport me the holidays of my childhood where the scents of the season are engraved on my heart. (Can we ever overestimate the role of fragrances at Christmas in shaping lasting memories? Need a yummy orange idea for washing hands? Caldrea’s Orange Blossom Bamboo is that YUM.)
Not a single stitch of red (above) in this unforgettable Connecticut farmhouse, and I personally don’t miss it. Who is thinking about limes and pinecones for their Christmas mantel?
Holiday Garlands Embellished With Fruit
Whether you choose to accent your greenery with fresh or artificial fruit, the effect is so delicious.
Just seeing the citrus abundance of citrus makes me hungry!
Floral designers combine materials in both dramatic and subtle ways. There’s a wild whimsy above in the Putnam Designs setting and a bountiful magnolia moment brings magic to this entry:
I’m also fond of small citrus moments for a pop of exciting color in an otherwise serene vignette:
Citrus can easily be tucked into planter arrangements for color and form:
And think beyond citrus! A Pamela Pierce spare and pear look is as elegant as it gets!
Any experience drying citrus slices for garland?
It’s a rustic Scandinavian inspired look that never gets old.
And isn’t this a simple idea for an interior door? I can imagine a beautiful ribbon in lieu of the burlap one for a less country look:
Citrus peel letters always entice me! Several failed attempts were made to recreate this look…but you should try!
For the Love of Pinecones
Evergreens alone need not be the star of the garland show…
Apparently four legged creatures and pinecone holiday decor pair perfectly!
Here’s a wonderful trio of natural elements for a fireplace garland:
For a rustic mountain cabin look, isn’t a bicycle wheel with greenery and pinecones a whimsical wreath?
When you add pomegranates, willow berries, white lights, and eucalyptus to your pinecone garland, it’s going to be a showstopper of an entrance! If this home is near the road? Traffic jams!
Magnolia plus pinecones is always heavenly, and my friend Tina knows her way around a holiday home!
Christmas Decorating With Florals & Greenery
I’m so glad we live in a world where there are floral-minded folks who create magic for the rest of us to enjoy on special occasions!
Notice the terracotta tree skirt and non-traditional tones of green for gift wrap.
Suddenly the gloom of winter lifts!
Minimal Fresh Greenery & Garland
There are always contexts where it feels right to take a quieter approach for holiday decorating. Sometimes the architecture of a space needs little decoration.
Or the textural backdrop calls for a lighter look. With the rustic stone below, this understated garland arch feels elegantly just right.
It’s not often we see the simplicity of an elegant wide silk ribbon festoon:
And here’s a reminder that the magic of swagging garland means you can create arches where there none.
Minimal can be cozy…it’s true!
It truly depends on the areas you care to highlight. Where do you want the eye to land?
A minimal look can read rustic when it’s executed in a more carefree, effortless relaxed manner.
It’s true that the quality of the holiday garland matters when you’re staying more minimal:
Is that why I am personally hopeless as a holiday decorator? I see the sublime possibilities (as my work life immerses me in beautiful design), and I choose to do nothing rather than make sub-par attempts.
But oh how I enjoy the beauty others create in a spirit of gracious hospitality with little regard for whether it will be blogworthy or go viral on IG.
Maximal Christmas Greenery
Fully decked, festive, and bursting with style? It’s not often we see low contrast and this elegant black, gold, and green holiday scheme.
This Christmas mantel scheme feels maximal in the sense that the dense boughs are lush and thick. I have some experience with shaping fresh branches from my own evergreens into garlands, and…not at all a task for the hurried or clean freaks. The needle shedding! And the injuries to my hands!
Here’s a great how-to:
Fresh Greenery Tutorial
Staircase Garlands for Christmas
Will you be decorating stairs this year?
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Stay tuned for Part Two in our next holiday decor delights installment.
Peace to you right where you are.
-michele
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